Helmuth Kiesel
Helmuth Kiesel (born August 1, 1947 on the Spatzenhof, Bühlerzell community ) is a German professor emeritus for modern German literature in Heidelberg .
Life
From 1969 to 1974 he studied German and history in Tübingen . There he was in 1976/77 as a result of work on literary court criticism of Sebastian Brant to Friedrich Schiller doctorate . In 1984 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on Alfred Döblin's exile and late work. After substituting or professorships in Bochum, Tübingen and at the University of Bamberg , he came to the above-mentioned chair at Heidelberg University in 1990 . There he was retired in 2015.
The focus of his research is the history of German-language literature from 1918 to 1945. He is the editor of Heidelberger Jahrbücher (Springer, Heidelberg), Concepts (Niemeyer, Tübingen) and writings on literary studies (Duncker & Humblot, Berlin).
Among other things, Kiesel published books on Ernst Jünger . In addition, his contribution to the debate about Martin Walser's book " Death of a Critic " became known to a wider public. He has published on Erich Kästner , Thomas Mann , Max Weber , Franz Kafka , Bertolt Brecht , Gottfried Benn , Botho Strauss and Peter Handke, among others . He works as a reviewer for the FAZ .
Fonts (selection)
As an author:
- with Paul Münch : Society and Literature in the 18th Century. Requirements and formation of the literary market in Germany. Beck, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-406-06661-5 .
- “At court, at Höll”. Studies on literary court criticism from Sebastian Brant to Friedrich Schiller. Dissertation . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1979, ISBN 3-484-18056-0 .
- Erich Kaestner. Beck, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-406-08418-4 .
- Literary grief work. Alfred Döblin's exile and late work. Habilitation thesis . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1986, ISBN 3-484-18089-7 .
- Scientific diagnosis and poetic vision of modernity. Max Weber and Ernst Jünger. Manutius, Heidelberg 1994, ISBN 3-925678-43-3 .
- History of literary modernity. Language, aesthetics, poetry in the 20th century. Beck, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-51145-7 .
- Ernst Jünger. The biography. Siedler, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-88680-852-6 .
- History of German-Language Literature 1918 to 1933 . CH Beck, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-406-70799-5 .
As editor:
- with Dieter Borchmeyer : The emergency. Martin Walser's “Death of a Critic”. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-455-09413-9 .
- with Dieter Borchmeyer: Judaism as reflected in its cultural environments. Symposium in honor of Saul Friedländer . Edition Mnemosyne, Neckargemünd 2004, ISBN 3-934012-11-6 .
- Ernst Jünger : War Diary 1914–1918. Edited and commented by Helmuth Kiesel. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-608-93843-2 .
- Ernst Jünger: In steel thunderstorms. Historical-critical edition. 2 volumes. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-608-93946-0 .
- Ernst Jünger: War as an inner experience. Writings on the First World War. Published by Helmuth Kiesel. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-608-96101-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmuth Kiesel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Helmuth Kiesel at Heidelberg University (also publications)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Author profile on randomhouse.de
- ↑ Helmut Kiesel ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at FAZ Readingroom
- ↑ Review: Julia Encke: Sensational new edition. Jünger's whole steel storm. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . August 10, 2013, accessed August 9, 2014.
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SURNAME | Kiesel, Helmuth |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist and university lecturer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Spatzenhof, municipality of Bühlerzell |